Kalibari Temple

In the year 1974, by the grace of Divine “Mother Kali” a piece of Land admeasuring about 2000 sq. yds was donated by Late Shree S.Madhusudan Reddy , Ex-M.L.C. Malkajgiri a devotee of Mother Kali.

Subsequently, a number of devotees particularly, Late Lala Chowdhury Maman Ram Agarwal, a philanthropist came forward in offering / collecting donations substantially for the construction of the Kalibari at Vivekanandapuram, Secunderabad. The organization started in 1974 and the foundation stone was laid by the Swamy Ranganathanandaji Maharaj , the then President of Ramakrishna mission Hyderabad.

On the 28th of August 1976, an idol of Kalimata made out of a single piece of Black stone, in the pattern of Kalimata of Dakshineshwar temple at Calcutta was purchased from “Chitpur” (W.B.) in 1975 and was installed by Swamy Ranganathanandaji Maharaj, Ramakrishna Mission , Late Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju, the then Minister for Endowments, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh was the chief guest on this occasion. The idol sthapana and Pran Pratistha of the image was done by Late Sree Gostha Behari Bhattacherjee, Vidyaratna, a famous Tantric priest of famous “Chunagali Kali Temple” of Kolkata. Late Sree A.K.Ganguly assisted him to perform the pooja under vedic and tantric ways in accordance with shastrik injunctions. Late Sree A.K.Ganguly was the 1st priest of Hyderabad kalibari.

Swamy Ranganathanandaji Maharaj was approached for necessary guidance. He himself suggested that the Kalibari should be called as the “Hyderabad Kalibari”. Devotees visit the holy Kalibari premises in search of solace. They pray, they are blessed by the divine mother. Their questions are answered by her .Their vows are fulfilled. They leave the premises with a sense of heavenly comfort.

Holy shrine ‘Kalibari’ has become a religious hub for the people who quest for solace and serene environment because the abode of god renders a matchless refuge to each & every pilgrim who has tempest desire of loosing into divinity.

The sculpture of ‘Kali’ has been carved out of a single piece of black stone that was brought from ‘Chitpur’, West Bengal on 26th August, 1976. The establishment of prime deity ‘kali’along with its Pran Pratishtha was performed by Late Shree Gotha Behari Bhattacherjee, Vidyaratna, a well known tantric of ‘Chunagali Kali temple’, Kolkata while he was assisted by Late Shree A.K Ganguly, the 1st preist of Hyderabad Kalibari temple as per Shastrik order.